Welcome
to DEI Potluck

For DEI Practitioners of Color

Being a BIPOC DEI practitioner means constantly walking a tightrope between advocating for justice and enduring the very injustices you seek to disrupt.

Are You Feeling:

  • Isolated in your work, with few (if any) colleagues who truly understand your experience?

  • Burnt out from pushing for systemic change in environments that don’t always prioritize it?

  • Disconnected from other practitioners, stuck in your own head?

  • Frustrated with DEI initiatives that feel more like HR compliance than real transformation?

  • Skeptical about whether new DEI spaces will offer anything different from what you've already seen?

If any of this resonates with you, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to keep doing this work in isolation. There is a space where your experiences, struggles, and contributions are not only understood but deeply valued.

The DEl Potluck is a co-created space designed for BIPOC DEI practitioners to come together and build authentic relationships in a community of practice. It's a gathering where your whole self is not only welcomed but needed.

We can’t promise a perfect solution—because that’s not how liberation works. What we can offer is the potential for:

  • Deep, meaningful connection with a vetted group of fellow BIPOC DEI practitioners who truly understand your experiences and struggles.

  • A space for healing—a place where you can show up as your whole self, without the pressure to perform or educate, but simply to be.

  • Collective brainstorming and reflection to explore new strategies and approaches to DEI work that align with our shared goals of liberation, not just survival.

  • A shift from isolation to community, knowing that you’re not doing this work alone but as part of a larger movement.

This space will be co-created by all of us. Your voice, your presence, and your lived experience will shape how we grow together. There are no guarantees—this isn’t a transactional process—that’s part of the beauty. We’re building something powerful and liberatory, and we need one another to make it happen.

Let’s radically reimagine what’s possible and create a new reality together.

An image of Emily and Mama J in a zoom meeting. Located on top is Emily, and Asian American woman with black hair tied back, wearing glasses. Below here is Mama J, a Black woman wearing glasses and has tall, curly hair. Both are smiling.

Hi, we’re Emily & Jillian!

Mamas, generative partners, entrepreneurs - we met during the pandemic and have forged a deep friendship that challenges us to embody the liberatory values we both hold so dearly.

You carry so much. Every day, you navigate spaces designed to uphold systems of oppression while working tirelessly to dismantle them. Your work is transformative, but it comes with a heavy price: isolation, burnout, and the emotional weight of educating others while holding your own lived experiences. We see you, and we’re here to hold space for you.

We See You

Many BIPOC DEI practitioners are navigating the same challenges, this emotional toll isn't just "part of the job"—it's the direct impact of systems designed to exploit our labor while dismissing our humanity. Healing from this requires more than self-care. It demands community care, collective reflection, and liberatory practices that help us reconnect with ourselves and each other.

You’re Not Alone

You deserve a space where your contributions are celebrated, your experiences are understood, and your well-being is prioritized.

The DEI Potluck is that space.